Business was booming for Spoonfoolery Creative Cooking & Baking when Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the stay-at-home order in late March. The cooking school and event space, located at 2113 Greanleaf...

When Mamata Reddy walked into the Evanston Starbucks on Dempster Street during the after-school rush, she got a lot more than her regular skinny vanilla latte. The local business owner’s wait included...

Mamata Reddy went to the grocery store last week and bought ingredients for home-style recipes in bulk: mac and cheese, garlic-roasted broccoli and brownies. She then cooked 40 meals and prepared to distribute...

When Mamata Reddy started thinking about opening her own kitchen, she knew she wanted its name to reflect how children cook. “One of the things that’s a lot of fun is how crazy the kids get in the...